Volume 4, after page 282. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
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1
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still image
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Windsor Castle, sitting atop its terraced hill, as viewed from across the Thames
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Attributed to Bernard Lens by curator. A similar drawing, titled "A view of Eaton College" in the same hand, is mounted in volume 5 of the same extra-illustrated set and has a previous owner's note on the verso identifying Lens as the artist., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted after page 282 (leaf numbered '65' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Volume 5, after page 344. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
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1
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still image
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A bird's-eye view of Eton College, as seen from across the Thames
Alternative Title:
View of Eton College
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Attribution to Bernard Lens from note in pencil on verso: Eton. Drawing by B. Lens - from H. Walpole's collection, bot. at Strawberry Hill Sale. [signed] Gibbs., Date of production based on artist's death date., "From Strawberry Hill collection"--Note in pencil below image, in lower left corner of sheet., and Mounted after page 344 (leaf numbered '55' in pencil) in volume 5 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs.
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1
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still image
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A view of the ruins of Corton Church, Suffolk, surrounded by gravestones. A man sits alone, leaning against one of the tombs
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Joseph Lambert's Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs. Yarmouth : Printed and sold by W. Meggy, [1822?].
Publisher:
Printed and sold by W. Meggy
Subject (Geographic):
Yarmouth (England),
Subject (Topic):
Cities and towns, Harbors, Rowboats, Rivers, and Sailboats
Before page 1. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
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1
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still image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Laid in before page 1 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
A pastoral view of a lush riverbank covered in trees, shrubs, and flowers, and other greenery. A man sits on a rock near the shore and looks to the right out over the water. A house on the opposite bank can be seen in the distance on the right; gray clouds fill the sky above
Description:
Title written below image. A quotation from Horace Walpole's letter 16 October 1769 to Madame du Deffand: I feel myself here like a swan, that, after living six weeks in a nasty pool upon a common, is got back into its own Thames. I do nothing but plume and clean myself, and enjoy the verdure and silent waves., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 109., and Bound in as page 65 in volume 5 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Title from caption below image., Publication date based on that of a similar print in The Lewis Walpole Library. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Topos M627 no. 7+., "Price 1 s."--Following imprint., and "No. 2."--Lower right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell at the Unicorn, the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
"View looking across the river towards the grand house fronting the Thames; three horses pull a fishing boat in foreground, a tree to the left"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Doctor Battys house at Twickenham as viewed from the opposite shore of the River Thames and Vüe de la maison de Monsieur le Docteur Batty a Twickenham prise du rivage opposee de la Tamisè
Description:
Title from text below image., Artist attribution from original drawing in The Lewis Walpole Library., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement. See British Museum online catalogue., Reissue of a print originally published in 1749 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., No. 10, "Hon. George Shirley," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., No. 12, "Dr. William Battie," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, No. 13 in Cornhill & Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), Thames River (England),, England, and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Batty, Robert, 1763?-1849
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Houses, Estates, Rivers, Horses, and Boats
Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs.
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1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the sea from the beach, with men on the shore and boats in the water
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Joseph Lambert's Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs. Yarmouth : Printed and sold by W. Meggy, [1822?].
A broadside on London Bridge and its partial destruction by fire on 11 April 1758, with an account on the history of bridges on the site and an engraving of the view of London and the River Thames, with the remains of London Bridge in the centre above; engraved title above and letterpress title and text in two columns below
Alternative Title:
Chronological and historical account from the first building a bridge across the River Thames from London to Southwark ...
Description:
Title from etched text above the design., Letterpress caption title below image and above the two columns of text: A chronological and historical account from the first building a bridge across the River Thames from London to Southwark, 'till the late conflagration of the temporary bridge, the 11th of April, 1758., Titled 'An exact View of London Bridge since the conflagration of the late temporary Bridge, 11th of April, 1758: with an historical account of ditto, sold by W. Herbert' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829., "Price one shilling plain. Colour'd eighteen pence.", Plate mark: 22 x 35 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of price statement from bottom edge., and Mounted to: 57 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by William Herbert, under the Piazzas, on the remains of London-Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England), England, London, London., and London (England)
